Ashtray



Dec. 28, 1937.

A. W. PEARCE AsHTRAy Filed Feb. 24, 1936 Patented Dec. 28, 1937 Sir UNITED STATES ATET GFEIE' ASHTRAY I Austin W..Pearce, Memphis, Tenn. Application February 1936, Serial No. 65,183

2 Claims.

7 be struck to dislodge the ashes therefrom into the tray.

The objects of the invention are, to make an ash tray having an upstanding blade or spike over which the bowl of the pipe may be inverted and the ashes or other material remaining in the bowl beloosened or shaken out without the necessity of tapping the edgeof the bowl on some article to dislodge such particles with the inherent damage incident thereto; and to make such a tray and cleaning member in which the cleaning member may be turned downward to one side or the other making it less obtrusively visible and avoiding the danger which may be inherent in an upstanding more or less sharpened spike, and. one in which such downwardly turned blade is efficient to provide a bridge which in such position is usable for dislodging the ashes of a cigar or cigarette.

A further object is to make an article of this kind in which the tray efficiently underlies the dislodging member, whether such member be used for pipe cleaning or removing cigar or cigarette ashes.

A further object is to make such an article in which the blade is formed with a head portion wider than the stem whereby the side edges of the head may engage the sides of the pipe bowl even where other portions of the sides of the bowl are caked in a very usual and much desired manner.

It will particularly be noted that not only does the blade function in vertical position as a pipe cleaner but when in horizontal position furnishes a dislodging edge lying entirely within the body of the tray and sufficiently elevated above the bottom thereof to permit ready access to the then upper side of the blade with a cigar or cigarette.

The means by which the foregoing and other objects are accomplished and the manner of their accomplishment, will readily be understood from the following description on reference to the accompanying drawing in which,--

The drawing is a sectional elevation substantially along a diametral center line of the tray showing the blade in position for use with a pipe, and. the bowl of the pipe, also in section, positioned above the blade in cleaning position.

Referring now to the drawing in which the Various parts are indicated by reference numerals; Ill indicates an ash receiver of any conventional design, and preferably made of thin sheet metal, having a slightly raised'central boss H which supports ears'IZ between which the flat shank Id of a blade is disposed, and pivotally secured by a pin M, the shank being so gripped between the ears l2 as to be frictionally held 7 when the blade is turned to an upright position.

From the shank it a stem 55 extends, this stem being widened into a flat, generally elliptical head it, the sides and end of the head preferably being beveled to provide thin though preferably not sharpened edges. When the blade is used for pipe cleaning it is turned to the upright position shown. When not in use for this purpose, it may beturned'down to the dotted position 95A, being definitely held substantially parallel to the bottom of the tray by contact of a side edge of the shank with the top of the boss H.

To use the device for pipe cleaning, the blade is turned to an upright position as shown, the bowl ll of the pipe is inverted over the blade head It and the ashes l8 or other material in the bowl of the pipe is dislodged by the head, the material so dislodged dropping directly downward into the tray. The widened head it in such use permits the side edges of the head to easily reach the sides of the pipe bowl even when portions of the-sides have become built up by the formation of the usual cake l9, during continued use.

After use as a pipe cleaner, the blade is turned to the horizontal position 15A, all danger incident to the upward projection being thereby removed and the blade, with any adhering material from the bowl of the pipe, is rendered less obtrusively visible and atthe same time becomes effective as a bridge against which a cigar or cigarette may be struck to dislodge ashes therefrom, these falling directly into thetray.

What I claim'is:

'1. The combination with an ash tray having riphery thereof, and extending rigidly upward from the base thereof, and a substantially fiat blade pivotally secured between said lugs, said blade being adapted'to be manually swung from a substantially horizontal position on one side of said pivot to the similar oppositely disposed posi tion, said lugs frictionally engaging the sides of said blade to maintain same in any position to which said blade may be so swung, said tray being of such dimensions relative to the length of said blade, and said lugs being so positioned relatively a. pair of lugs positioned inwardly from the peto the edges of said tray that in no position shall said blade extend beyond said tray.

2. An ash tray including a base portion, having a centrally disposed substantially flat top boss extending upwardly therefrom, a pair of lugs extending upwardly from said boss, and a substantially flat blade pivotally secured therebetween, said lugs frictionally engaging the side of said blade whereby to maintain the same in a vertical or other position, to which the blade may be manually shifted, the pivot in said blade and lugs being respectively positioned, with respect to the edges of the shank portion of said blade and the height of said pivot above said boss, to prevent the blade being turned below a substantially horizontal position.

AUSTIN W. PEARCE. 

